World; its love affair with avocados. Former President Bill Clinton introduced NAFTA in 1993 opening up the US market to avocados. Did he ever envisage how entangled the mere avocado would become with Mexican drug cartels? COP26 surely must include the lucrative trade in agricultural products which in effect faciliate the market in illegal drug trade. Drug Cartels should be on the COP26 Agenda. Otoniel, the modern day Escobar has been captured and will be extradited to the US. The underbelly of Climate Change is inextricably linked to organised crime. Extortion or Piso is what they call the dues paid to the cartel in Mexico. These must be held accountable for crimes committed but also for their impact on emissions of C02.

ALJAZEERA. President Ivan Duque: Otoniel’s capture-a victory, likening it to the arrest 3 decades ago of the notorious Colombian drug

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